[Lecture Notes in Computer Science] Informatics Education - Supporting Computational Thinking Volume 5090 || Teaching Information Technology and Elements of Informatics in Lower Secondary Schools: Curricula, Didactic Provision and Implementation

✍ Scribed by Mittermeir, Roland T.; Sysło, Maciej M.

• Book ID: 111953897
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 203 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 3540699244
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69924-8_27

✦ Synopsis

Informatics Education – Supporting Computational Thinking Contains Papers Presented At The Third International Conference On Informatics In Secondary Schools – Evolution And Perspective, Issep 2008, Held In July 2008 In Torun, Poland. As With The Proceedings Of The Two Previous Issep Conferences (2005 In Klag- Furt, Austria, And 2006 In Vilnius, Lithuania), The Papers Presented In This Volume Address Issues Of Informatics Education Transcending National Boundaries And, The- Fore, Transcending Differences In The Various National Legislation And Organization Of The Educational System. Observing These Issues, One Might Notice A Trend. The P- Ceedings Of The First Issep Were Termed From Computer Literacy To Informatics F- Damentals [1]. There, Broad Room Was Given To General Education In Ict. The Ecdl, The European Computer Driving License, Propagated Since The Late 1990s, Had Pe- Trated School At This Time Already On A Broad Scale And Teachers, Parents, As Well As Pupils Were Rather Happy With This Situation. Teachers Had Material That Had A Clear Scope, Was Relatively Easy To Teach, And Especially Easy To Examine. Parents Had The Assurance That Their Children Learn “modern And Relevant Stuff,” And For Kids The C- Puter Was Sufficiently Modern So That Anything That Had To Do With Computers Was C- Sidered To Be Attractive. Moreover, The Difficulties Of Programming Marking The Early Days Of Informatics Education In School Seemed No Longer Relevant. Some Colleagues Had A More Distant Vision Though.